Jameela Nishat | |
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 Nishat at the Hyderabad Literary Festival | |
| Born | 1955 Hyderabad, Telangana, India. |
| Occupation | Poet, Editor, Educationalist, Feminist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | Master of Arts |
| Genre | Ghazal, Nazm, |
| Subject | Literature |
Jameela Nishat (born 1955) is an Urdu poet, [1] editor, and feminist from Hyderabad, Telangana, India. [2]
Jameela Nishat was born in Hyderabad in a middle-class family. Her father, Syed Bin Mohammad, was a portrait artist. He was also a close friend of artist M F Hussain. [3]
She wrote in Kitab Numa, a journal published by Jamia Millia University in Delhi and in other poetry magazines.[ citation needed ] Her first book, Lava, a collection of poems, was published in 2000.[ citation needed ] Hoshang Merchant translated some of her poems from Lava and the translated poems were published by Sahitya Academy in 2008. [4] She has published three collections of poetry. Her work has also been featured in anthologies. [5] [6]
SPARROW published a booklet on her life and work in 1999. [7] She is also one of the speakers at HLF - Hyderabad Literary Festival. [8] [9]
She was one of the feminist poets at 100 Thousand Poets for Change Conference held from 3 June to 8 June 2015 in Salerno, Italy. [10]
In 2012, she founded the "Shaheen Collective - Shaheen's Women Resource and Welfare Association" to serve the cause of Muslim women. [11] [12] [13] The organization works for the welfare of women and elimination of domestic and social violence. [14] [15]
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